Editing Pap test (section)

===Automated analysis===
Since the early 2000s, there have been successful attempts to develop automated, computer image analysis systems for screening.<ref name="pmid15842055">{{cite journal |vauthors=Biscotti CV, Dawson AE, Dziura B, Galup L, Darragh T, Rahemtulla A, Wills-Frank L |title=Assisted primary screening using the automated ThinPrep Imaging System |journal=Am. J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=123 |issue=2 |pages=281–7 |year=2005 |pmid=15842055 |doi=10.1309/AGB1MJ9H5N43MEGX |doi-access=free }}</ref> Although, on the available evidence, automated cervical screening could not be recommended for implementation into a national screening program, an NHS Health technology appraisal in 2005 concluded that the "general case for automated image analysis ha(d) probably been made".<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Willis BH, Barton P, Pearmain P, Bryan S, Hyde C |title=Cervical screening programmes: can automation help? Evidence from systematic reviews, an economic analysis and a simulation modelling exercise applied to the UK |journal=Health Technol. Assess. |year=2005 |volume=9 |issue=13 |url=http://www.ncchta.org/fullmono/mon913.pdf }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910144643/http://www.ncchta.org/fullmono/mon913.pdf|date=2008-09-10}}</ref> Automation may improve [[sensitivity (tests)|sensitivity]] and reduce unsatisfactory specimens.<ref name="pmid17604301">{{cite journal |vauthors=Davey E, d'Assuncao J, Irwig L, Macaskill P, Chan SF, Richards A, Farnsworth A | title = Accuracy of reading liquid based cytology slides using the ThinPrep Imager compared with conventional cytology: prospective study |journal=BMJ |volume=335 |issue=7609 |page=31 |year=2007 |pmid=17604301 |pmc=1910624 |doi=10.1136/bmj.39219.645475.55 }}</ref> Two systems have been approved by the FDA and function in high-volume reference laboratories, with human oversight.{{citation needed|reason=article|date=July 2007}}